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Kiss Lajos SJ

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Deceased

Birth data:: Szentgyörgy, Csehszlovákia, currently Svätý Jur, Slovakia — August 27, 1935
Death data:: Barbados — September 25, 2001
Denomination:: Roman Catholic
Ecclesiastical status:: religious
Diocese / Order:: jezsuita (Societas Jesu)

Ordination level:: priest
Entry into religious life:: September 26, 1962
Perpetual vows:: September 8, 1988
Priestly ordination:: Kismarton, Austria, currently Eisenstadt — July 25, 1971

Biographical data

He entered the English Province on September 26, 1962. He completed his studies at Heytrop College. He was ordained a priest in Kismarton on July 25, 1971. He took his final vows on September 8, 1988. He spent most of his priesthood as a missionary in Guyana. He began participating in Hungarian pastoral work in 1984, at which time he transferred to the Hungarian Province. From 1993, once again as a member of the English province, he served as a missionary in Guyana. He passed away in Barbados after suffering a heart attack while swimming; he could not be saved.

Foreign service locations

From	To	Place	Church / institution	Position
1971	1975	Guyana		missionary
1975	1976	Clarkston, MI, USA		third
1977	1984	Guyana		missionary
1985	1986	Montréal, QC, Canada	Our Lady of Hungary Parish	minister
1987		Toronto, ON, Canada	Szent Erzsébet R. K. Egyházközség	on sabbatical
1988	1990	Hamilton, ON, Canada	Magyarországi Szent István templom	assistant pastor
1991	1993	Vancouver, BC, Canada		assistant pastor
1993	2001	Guyana	rupunui misszió	missionary

Life timeline

Birth

August 27, 1935

Szentgyörgy, Csehszlovákia, currently Svätý Jur, Slovakia

Entry into religious life

September 26, 1962

Priestly ordination

July 25, 1971

Kismarton, Austria, currently Eisenstadt

Service abroad

1971 – 1975

Guyana

missionary

Service abroad

1975 – 1976

Clarkston, MI, USA

third

Service abroad

1977 – 1984

Guyana

missionary

Service abroad

1985 – 1986

Montréal, QC, Canada

Our Lady of Hungary Parish

minister

Service abroad

1987

Toronto, ON, Canada

Szent Erzsébet R. K. Egyházközség

on sabbatical

Perpetual vows

September 8, 1988

Service abroad

1988 – 1990

Hamilton, ON, Canada

Magyarországi Szent István templom

assistant pastor

Service abroad

1991 – 1993

Vancouver, BC, Canada

assistant pastor

Service abroad

1993 – 2001

Guyana

rupunui misszió

missionary

Death

September 25, 2001

Barbados

Sources

Bikfalvi: 117.;
https://leveltar.jezsuita.hu/hu/nevtar?page=32✓
JTMR Levéltár IV.03 (Gyűjtemények, Fényképgyűjtemény)

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Kiss Lajos SJ: personal record. In: Historical directory of Hungarian, Hungarian-descended, and Hungarian-speaking clergy serving abroad. Available at: https://www.diaszporalelkipasztorok.hu/persons_v2/view.php?id=547 (accessed: 2026-07-07).

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